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Heidelberg Brass Band’s 70th Anniversary Tour

First Tour Event at New Holland’s Trinity Lutheran Church

    The Polka Mass, the fast-paced, popular worship experience, first performed in 2015 by the Heidelberg Brass Band in New Holland, will return to Trinity Lutheran Church, 221 E. Main Street, New Holland on April 7th at 10:30 am.  Everyone is invited to come out and worship with us! 

   The Polka Mass, first written by a Roman Catholic priest, Father Frank Perkovch, was developed into a full worship service with a number of upbeat hymns with lyrics written by Lisa Beard. The first Polka Mass performance, the culmination of hundreds of hours of work by a small group of musicians, was in honor of the band’s current director, The Rev. Glenn Beard, Jr. on his 25th ordination anniversary.

   The 2024 anniversary year is extra special for the band’s drummer, Glenn Beard, Pastor Beard’s father. He’s performed consistently with the band all 70 years.

    In 1954 Beard and brothers Jim and Bob, plus George Kock and other musicians from Lancaster and Berks counties formed the small, “oompah” band, now known as The Heidelberg Brass Band.

   Their original purpose was to perform at local church picnics, PA Dutch dialect plays, and Memorial Day parades. The band continues to participate in Memorial Day parades, give concerts and play for church and service organizations’ functions all throughout the year.

   The band will officially celebrate its 70th anniversary with a concert held at the Eicher Arts Center, 409 Cocalico Road, Ephrata on August 25th beginning at 2:00 pm.  The public is invited to come out and join the celebration which will be held from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

   A special feature of the concert is a jam session, to which all former band members are invited.

   Tickets to the August concert can be reserved by contacting Glenn Beard, Jr. at [email protected] or calling (717) 471-1067.

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We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newborns, skinny as a rail, or could afford to lose a few pounds.  We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli, or, like our pastor, who can’t carry a note in a bucket. You are welcome here if you are “just browsing,” just woke up or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you are more Catholic then the Pope or have not been in church since little Joey’s baptism.  We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sipper, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted.  We welcome you if you are having problems, or you are down in the dumps, or if you don’t like “organized religion.” If you blew your offering money at the track, you are welcome here.We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work to hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both.  We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid, or got lost in traffic and would up here by mistake.  We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts…. And we welcome YOU!

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